Among the applications of this technology is weather estimation and prediction using sensors located in vehicles that send their measurements to a central meteorological processing service, which would help improving vial security. This application has a high social impact as it can help reduce casualties produced by traffic accidents. Thanks to the VANETs it would be possible to warn all nearby vehicles when an accident or a jam occurs, help thus preventing further accidents. In the same way, a driver could modify his route to avoid/reduce the road congestion.

Concerning the intelligent design opportunities in this domain, VANETs are relatively new and, though previous knowledge about wireless and mobile telephony network make possible that novel design work, it is still necessary to dedicate considerable resources for research in order to make the technology cheaper, more effective and efficient. Within this context we can identify some aspects of the technology that can greatly benefit from the use of intelligent design. Some of them are the following:

• Efficient routing protocols
• Optimization of broadcasting protocol
• Optimization of energy use in mobile devices
• Optimal location for base stations along the road
• Optimal route calculation for vehicles (dynamic problem: accidents, current traffic jams)